December 27, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



9I9 



TO GROWERS 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Triepbone '.iSiiO Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WH0LESA1.E 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28th Street, NEW YORK 

 Flower Market Reports 



(Ctittinued from page Q17) 



Christmas prices. In some instances 

 they are as high as 200 per cent over 

 the price that ruled for the fortnight 

 previous to Christmas. The season for 

 Yuletide supplies and greens has been 

 one of the best, if not the best, that 

 this market has ever had. Nearly all the 

 ruscus and red immortelles in the 

 market were cleaned up while box- 

 wood sold up to expectations. The 

 florists did not go in for holly as 

 strong as in other years. The early 

 supply came in during the warm 

 weather and when within a fortnight 

 ot Christmas the demand for this dec- 

 orative material become strong, the 

 amount on hand was rather limited 

 and prices soared. Toward the end 

 of last week and the first of this 

 week, heavy shipments came in that 

 brought down the prices in some in- 

 stances to $4.00 a crate for good 

 stock. White and pink roses are in 

 good supply. Riohmonds are very 

 nearly off crop. American Beauties, 

 too, are rather short, but are ex- 

 pected to be in good supply for New 

 Year's. The supply of carnations Is, 

 with the exception of red, good. 



When our readers pe- 

 NEW YORK ruse these lines, 



Christmas will have 

 passed into history, and it will, there- 

 fore serve no good purpose to try to 

 tell the outlook or sura up the busi- 

 ness prospects for the great holiday. 

 So we shall say very little about it. One 

 thing is evident — there is no lack of 

 fine material in flowers and plants, 

 hence no justification for advancing 

 prices. As compared with previous 

 years American Beauty roses are free- 

 ly offered in advance at about one-half 

 of established Christmas quotations 

 heretofore and another exceptional 

 condition is the utter demoralization 

 of the *lolet market. This flower, once 

 so dictatorial, counts for practically 

 nothing In the trade of this city today. 

 The unprecedented extent to which the 

 wearing ot artificial corsage flowers is 

 being carried this season is perhaps, 

 partially responsible. The demand for 



Determining tlie financial responsibility of your consignee is as Important 

 as selecting the best flowers to grow. We have tbe best ot references for the 

 ten years we have been in business, from our bankers and our growers, whicli 

 we will cheerfully furnish upon application. 



We desire a few more shippers and If you consign to us we can assure you 

 that we will most conscientiously endeavor to Justify whatever confidence may 

 be reposed in us. 



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B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \f I O LETT S 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Order, Carefully Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 RaDstod St., PUUdelphii, P*. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties ef Cut Flewers 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/l-iolesal< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



lorl8-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas; 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



CallM 



Uly of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths* 



Freesias 



VioleU 



Daises 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum >■•>.•...■■>. 



Sniilax • 



AsparaffiAs Plumosus, strings (per joo) 



" " & Spren (loo bunches) . 



last Naif of Week 



ending Dec. 20 



1913 



30.00 

 6.00 



3.00 

 1,00 



.25 

 1. 00 



15.00 



.75 



25.00 



20.00 



75.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 12.00 



4.00 



2. 00 



.40 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



3500 

 1.00 



10.00 

 35.00 

 30.00 



First Half of Week 



beginning Dec. 22 



Xmas Prices 



40.0D 

 6.00 



3.00 

 t.50 



.25 to 



I. 00 to 



1.00 to 



15.00 to 



■75 «o 



8.CX1 to 



25.00 to 



25.00 to 



75.00 



la.oo 



8.00 



xo.oo 



4.00 



3.00 



x.oo 

 3.00 

 2.00 



3500 



1. 00 

 10.00 

 3S.0O 

 35-0O 



Cliristmas, naturally, leans strongly to 

 red. and Richmond roses, scarlet car- 

 nations, etc., are in tlie lead, with all 

 white material dragging badly. French 

 trumpet narcissi are already in. As- 

 paragus sprays are suddenly on the 

 scarce side. Daphne odora (at John 

 Young's) is a sterling novelty, for, al- 

 though a very old favorite because of 

 its sweetness, it is now rarely seen in 

 the market. Roman hyacinths are in 

 quality the best offered in several 

 years and they sell at about double the 

 price of paper white narcissi. 



This is Christmas 

 PHILADELPHIA Monday. Beauti- 

 ful weather, regu- 

 lar songster-of-thegrovey kind of day. 

 Your correspondent has walked around 

 the wholesale market circles as usual. 

 Said good morning to all the moguls. 

 No answer. Rush by you with their 

 arms out and wild-eyed. Turning 

 down orders. No pointers about state 

 of the market. But you can guess as 

 well as the writer can from the situa- 

 tion described. Plenty of flowers. 

 Prices reasonable. Quality wonder- 

 fully good. 



The local wholesale 

 ST. LOUIS markets the last week 



were able to fill any 

 size order as stock of almost every- 

 thing was in plenty. The weather has 

 been favorable all week for the produc- 

 tion of cut flowers — except California 

 violets. This is a great blow to the 

 violet growers in Kirkwood, where all 

 the local supply come from. 



A SILVER WEDDING. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Millang of Bay- 

 side, L. I., N. Y., celebrated the twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of their wedding on 

 Saturday, Dec. 20. The Bayside grill 

 room and hall were hired for the oc- 

 casion. The hall was beautifully deco- 

 rated with Christmas green, cut flow- 

 ers and palms. The decorations were 

 arranged by Thos. Burns, florist, of 

 Flushing. A fine orchestra was on 

 hand for dancing and a cabaret show 

 in the grill room continued all even- 

 ing. The Wig Club Minstrels, of which 

 Miss Antoinette Millang is leading 

 lady, gave a reproduction of the per- 

 formance which they had given in Bay- 

 side, L. I., a few days ago. Many 

 prominent people attended and every 

 one enjoyed a good time. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Millang were recipients of many costly 

 pieces of silver from their many 

 friends. 



HoBTiccLTUEE is pleased to join in 

 the congratulations and extends wishes 

 that Mr. and Mrs. Millang may arrive 

 in due time at their golden wedding 

 anniversary, at which we shall hope 

 to be present. 



W. A. Manda, of South Orange, N. J., 

 sailed on the Mauretania on December 

 16 for another visit to England to 

 look over his preparations for repre- 

 sentation at the Centennial Peace Ex- 

 position. 



